Summer Programs at Bookworm
Creative Arts Skills Workship for Educators
Call 9823222665 for details The Arts Skills and Activities Workshop will focus on building personal skills in creative thinking, self expression and invention. The format is hands-on and interactive and participants will be invited to develop new ways of engaging with their own ideas and imagination with a view to using these skills in their […]
Bookfair at Manovikas School
We set off for Margao early on Friday morning with some amount of anticipation as Manovikas is one of the bigger schools there. The drive was pleasant and quick with hardly any traffic on the road. Without much problem and stopping just once for directions we were able to make our way there. We were […]
Reading in Your School, Mae dos Pobres
A bright Tuesday morning. The team is zipping down to Nuvem earlier then usual. Today is no regular LiS day at Mae dos Pobres….today is the Reading in your School event. We called ahead to let the principal; Vilma Henriques; know that we are already on our way. We are excited. They are excited (she […]
Bookworm at Xavier Center for Historical Research ( XCHR)
Xavier Center for Historical Research ( XCHR) organised a Diwali Camp for children last week and invited Bookworm to conduct two micro sessions on Stories. The brief was brief. Something about stories/ either reading or other to get children interested in books. Briefs of this nature tell us two things. One is that organisers have […]
Reading in the Park – Aldona
We planned and slotted a day for a RiP. RiPs at Bookworm do not mean anyone is dead or dying . A RiP is a life surging energising Reading in the Park initiative. If you have a park, we will read in it. This being the mission, we chose Aldona, our new village of adoption. […]
Bookworm……decoded!
If you ever spend a day at Bookworm, you might feel the need to keep a dictionary close at hand. You’ll soon find that Bookworm talk is no ordinary speak. “What’s your RA selection?” “Who is the RP for MOP today?” “Is your LP done? What’s the Ext Act.?” ‘E, What’s your food idea for […]
Getting Ready to RiP (Read in the Park)!!
(posted by Flavia Lobo) The eve of the Reading in the Park at Aldona. The BW mouse? No – Krystal’s on the kitchen counter ensuring that BW has the appropriate stationary in stock for the first BW event in Aldona which is not in a school. Why does BW store stationary in a kitchen cabinet? […]
Book Fair at Vidya Vikas Academy Margao
This year our focus is to try and reach out to areas outside Panjim to spread the joy of reading. With every Book fair we organize, we take 1 step forward, but this was a leap for us! This time we touched base with Margao. We were welcomed at Vidya Vikas Academy with enthusiasm, despite […]
Sharada Mandir School Fair
A confirmation call from the Principal of the Junior School of Sharada Mandir School had us setting up our boxes with a range of pre selected books from various Indian Publishers. On the 5th of October we were busy displaying and arranging our collection in the school. From previous experiences of book fairs we had […]